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DeNA plans to co-develop Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket with Creatures Co. for launch on both iOS and Android devices this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2024
Shares in DeNA soar on announcement of new Pokemon trading card game
The smartphone game was one of a flurry of announcements on the 28th anniversary of the first Pokemon game release.
FACTEV shows that a Nissan Leaf electric car driven in Hokkaido will get between 106 kilometers and 212 kilometers per charge in its first year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2023
Using big data to speed up Japan’s slow electric car transition
Gaming company DeNA has developed an EV simulation tool that can assess the lifespan and cruising range per charge of battery cars over time.
The BayStars' Shugo Maki addresses the crowd after the team's final home game of the regular season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 13, 2023
Third-place squads face long road to Japan Series
Only two teams have reached the Japan Series after finishing the regular season in third place.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2023
BayStars' Trevor Bauer strikes out 12 to earn first complete-game victory in NPB
The BayStars' win at Yokohama Stadium kept them tied atop the interleague standings and 3½-games behind the league-leading Hanshin Tigers in the CL pennant race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 30, 2022
DeNA closer Yasuaki Yamasaki signs new deal, won't seek MLB move
In a significant turnaround from two years of struggle, Yamasaki had a career-best 1.33 ERA while tying his career-high 37 saves in 2022 for the BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2022
Koyo Aoyagi and Atsuki Yuasa pitch Tigers to victory as postseason opens
The win at Yokohama Stadium moved the Tigers to within one win of a final-stage rendezvous with the defending league champion Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the CL's final stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2022
Yokohama's relievers keep BayStars' slim hopes alive in CL race
The win at Yokohama Stadium moved second-place DeNA to within six games of the league-leading Yakult Swallows on the eve of a three-game series between the two.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2022
Ryan McBroom powers Carp past BayStars
The fourth-place Carp are chasing the third-place Hanshin Tigers for a place in the postseason Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2022
Shota Imanaga tames Dragons to end BayStars' four-game skid
The 28-year-old struck out five and kept Chunichi off the board as he earned a win on all of his five starts in August.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 29, 2022
First-place Swallows and Munetaka Murakami make statement by sweeping away BayStars
The Swallows strengthened their bid to defend the Central League pennant by beating the second-place BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2022
Junya Nishi pitches slumping Tigers past streaking BayStars
The Tigers ended an eight-game skid and snapped DeNA's eight-game win streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2022
BayStars closer Yasuaki Yamasaki becomes youngest to reach 200 saves
Yamasaki is the eighth pitcher to reach the milestone and the youngest, at 29 years, 10 months.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2022
Shota Imanaga pitches streaking BayStars to seventh straight win
The BayStars' victory kept them within four games of the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2022
Joe Gunkel leads way as Tigers shut out BayStars
Gunkel (5-5), who got some big plays from his fielders, struck out four batters without issuing a walk.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2022
Haruhiro Hamaguchi gives credit to BayStars after earning first win since May
Hamaguchi threw 7u2154u00a0innings, finishing with four strikeouts and allowing five hits and walking four batters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2022
Adam Walker powers Giants to victory with tiebreaking home run
Walker is having a strong debut season in Japan, batting .297 with 15 home runs and 34 RBIs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2022
BayStars Shota Imanaga hurls no-hitter as Fighters lose five straight
Imanaga issued only one walk in a 117-pitch outing at Sapporo Dome, striking out nine with his Central League team scoring two runs in the ninth inning to help the lefty get the win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2022
Kazuya Fujita and Taishi Ota lead BayStars past Tigers
Fujita and Ota were both signed as offseason free agents after they were cast off by the Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles and Nippon Ham Fighters, respectively.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2022
Central League clubs enter 2022 in race to catch Swallows
Yakult, which went from worst to first in 2021, will now face the pressure of trying to defend its throne from five challengers with ambitions of grandeur.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2021
Munetaka Murakami grand slam lifts Yakult past DeNA
The 21-year-old's first-inning blast, his 36th home run of the season, put the visitors ahead for good on Tuesday night at Yokohama Stadium.
Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Shikoku
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Japan on Wednesday. The area marked in red recorded a weak 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
Japan’s best and brightest designers set to shine in Milan
Adal’s Look into Nature brand, on show at Salon del Mobile 2024, rethinks "igusa" (Japanese rush grass), traditionally used for tatami, as a sustainable material for furniture.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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